IN the recently concluded November 3 city council elections in the city of Artesia, Filipino incumbent Victor Manalo was re-elected, garnering the highest number of votes. He is also the elected Mayor Pro Tem. (Some cities do not have a position of Vice Mayor, but rather appoint a person from the city council to act as Mayor Pro Tem, who will act as Mayor in the absence of the actual Mayor.) Manalo was likewise elected by the city council members to be the next city mayor starting December 2010 up to Dec 2011.

Victor Manalo is a longtime Artesia homeowner and resident. He earned a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Southern California and is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Los Angeles. He earned an M.S.W. from California State University, Long Beach and a B.A. from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has over 20 years of professional social work experience working with children, youth, and families from recreational, after-school programs, and camps to group homes, work programs, and child protective services.